Rotten
For a movie meant to shake viewers out of their ignorance, this clunky drama sure does indulge in a lot of stereotypes.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Arranged
2007 · 1h 30m · Not Rated
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Stefan C. Schaefer
,
Diane Crespo
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Arranged
Overview
ARRANGED centers on the friendship between an Orthodox Jewish woman and a Muslim woman who meet as first-year teachers at a public school in Brooklyn. Over the course of the year they learn they share much in common - not least of which is that they are both going through the process of arranged marriages.
Director and cast
- Stefan C. Schaefer Director
- Diane Crespo Director
- Zoe Lister-Jones as Rochel Meshenberg
- Francis Benhamou as Nasira Khaldi
- Mimi Lieber as Sheli Meshenberg
- John Rothman as Matan Meshenberg
- Sarah Lord as Naomi Meshenberg
- Trevor Braun as Avi Meshenberg
- Doris Belack as Elona
- Laith Nakli as Abdul-Halim Khaldi
- Jason Liebman as Gideon
- Marcia Jean Kurtz as Principal Jacoby
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
64%
Tomatometer
Rotten
In Arranged two devout Brooklyn schoolteachers clutch hands across the religious divide as their respective families prepare to marry them off.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Fresh
Precise lensing, a strong sense of locale and vibrant, eminently likeable perfs enliven Arranged.
Ronnie Scheib, Variety
Rotten
Lamentable scenes include that comic relief stand-by, the Bad Date Montage, but the movie comes off better than it should by virtue of Benhamou and (especially) Lister-Jones, appealing and modest young actors who create a plausible central relationship,
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
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